Catalan leader rails against EU as Spain rules out referendumIndependence movement frustrated by lack of support in Europe and block on MEPsThu Jul 04 2019 - 18:34
Vatican diplomat accuses Spain of ‘bringing Franco back to life’Nuncio criticises Socialist government plan to exhume remains of dictatorMon Jul 01 2019 - 15:49
Left at loggerheads as Spain awaits new governmentFragmented parliament leaves country in political limbo two months after electionsThu Jun 27 2019 - 20:00
Madrid accused of whitewashing Gay PrideControversial changes to poster campaign ahead of annual eventTue Jun 25 2019 - 17:44
‘It was rape’: Verdict in Spain’s ‘Wolf Pack’ case overturnedFive men convicted last year for an attack on a woman in 2016 have sentences increasedFri Jun 21 2019 - 20:31
French connection puts Spain’s liberals on the spotMacron alarmed as Spanish centrists Ciudadanos forms governing alliances with far rightTue Jun 18 2019 - 01:00
Spain’s Catalan trial ends, but tensions remainPolitically charged court case draws to a close after four monthsWed Jun 12 2019 - 01:00
Spain says UN findings on Catalonia tainted by ‘conflict of interest’UN working group calls for prisoner release amid claims members have political linksFri May 31 2019 - 18:29
Madrid defeat spoils Spanish Socialists’ euphoriaPedro Sánchez’s party dominates in elections but right takes the capitalMon May 27 2019 - 18:55
Socialists stride to victory in Spain’s European electionFar-right Vox adds seats in EU parliament to recent local Andalucía and national winsSun May 26 2019 - 21:45
Battle for Barcelona wide open as Spain’s ‘Super Sunday’ loomsParties jostle as regional, municipal and EU elections held on same dayFri May 24 2019 - 01:00
Raucous scenes as jailed Catalan leaders take officeSpain’s new parliamentary speaker appeals for consensusTue May 21 2019 - 18:03
Jailed Catalan politicians due to appear at parliamentary openingPro-independence MPs have been on trial for rebellion but won seats in electionMon May 20 2019 - 15:37
Spanish farmers up in arms over hungry bearsAnimals reintroduced into wild blamed for attacks on sheepFri May 17 2019 - 16:28
Former Eta leader arrested in France after 17 years on runJosu Ternera wanted in connection with 1987 bombing that killed 11 in ZaragozaThu May 16 2019 - 14:18
Bull’s death by handkerchief leaves Spaniards dividedMatador’s curious gesture at Seville’s spring festival angers animal rights campaignersWed May 15 2019 - 01:00
Court backs former Catalan leader’s bid to run in EU electionPuigdemont hopeful MEP immunity will allow him to return from exile to SpainTue May 07 2019 - 17:27
Spain’s Socialists will need to cast net wide to form new governmentElection restores party of PM Pedro Sánchez to status as Spain’s primary political forceMon Apr 29 2019 - 18:50
Spain’s Socialists win general election amid far-right surgePedro Sánchez’s party falls short of majority as Popular Party suffers historic lossesMon Apr 29 2019 - 09:23
Divided Spain goes to the pollsCatalan independence key issue in country’s third general election in less than four yearsSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Spain’s right-wing ‘prince’ divides a nation ahead of electionPopular Party’s Pablo Casado has ramped up his fiery rhetoric in a bid to become PMMon Apr 22 2019 - 06:00
Eta overshadows Spain’s election campaignPolitical right recall terrorist group, which disbanded last yearMon Apr 15 2019 - 18:18
Spain’s ‘Watergate’ erupts ahead of electionPodemos among targets of political spying, theft and smears as ‘state sewers’ stay activeSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
Spain’s African enclaves seek to maintain harmony in face of far rightVox expected to perform well in elections in Ceuta and Melilla on anti-immigrant platformMon Apr 01 2019 - 05:00
Desperation drives Moroccan teenagers to risk Spanish crossingYoung migrants in North African city of Ceuta dream of mainland EuropeSat Mar 30 2019 - 06:00
Mexico’s demand for conquest apology enrages SpaniardsSpanish king and Pope Francis receive letters requesting atonementTue Mar 26 2019 - 18:46
French senators denounce Spanish trial of Catalan leadersIntervention a notable victory for independence movement in its quest for international supportMon Mar 25 2019 - 19:13
Catalan president faces legal action over independence symbolsElectoral board ordered removal of symbols supporting prisonersThu Mar 21 2019 - 20:13
After 500 years, Spain and Portugal at odds over circumnavigationSpanish academy of history claims Magellan’s feat as Spain’s, to Portugal’s dismayMon Mar 11 2019 - 16:28
Spain’s notorious ‘Wolfpack’ sexual assault is played out on stageHyper-realist theatre production uses original courtroom transcriptsFri Mar 08 2019 - 01:00
Police under scrutiny in Catalan independence trialOfficers did not use undue force during referendum, witnesses claimWed Mar 06 2019 - 18:17
Spain’s former leader defends Catalan policy in courtFormer prime minister Rajoy a witness in rebellion caseThu Feb 28 2019 - 01:00
Violence is main bone of contention in Catalan trialFormer prime minister Mariano Rajoy is due to take the stand as a witness next weekSat Feb 23 2019 - 06:01
Aer Lingus given six months to fix Brexit EU ownership issueAer Lingus and Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling are owned by UK holding firm IAGThu Feb 21 2019 - 11:22
Spain’s Podemos licks its wounds on its fifth birthdayInfighting, policy clashes and Venezuelan crisis leave leftist party in near-chaosTue Feb 19 2019 - 01:00
Spain’s Sánchez squeezed between Catalan demands and unionist outragePopular Party leader Pablo Casado described the PM as a ‘criminal’ who has committed high treasonFri Feb 15 2019 - 19:52
Catalan independence bid ‘not a crime’, secessionist tells courtFormer vice-president Oriol Junqueras faces rebellion charge in high-profile Madrid trialsThu Feb 14 2019 - 19:01
Trial of 12 Catalan leaders begins in MadridPro-independence leader Puigdemont appeals for EU to condemn Spanish legal processTue Feb 12 2019 - 19:58
Catalan trial to begin amid Spanish political uncertaintyMadrid election rumours rife as rebellion and sedition court case gets under wayMon Feb 11 2019 - 18:54
Sánchez faces ‘treason’ claim over Catalan policySpain PM suffers backlash as government seeks independent figure to facilitate talksThu Feb 07 2019 - 17:12
Special relationship with Venezuela a headache for SpainClose ties with South American country make crisis a major issue in Spanish domestic politicsMon Feb 04 2019 - 16:37
Trial of Catalan ‘rebels’ fraught with political baggageTwelve independence leaders to be tried by Spanish supreme court over events in 2017Sat Feb 02 2019 - 06:01
Investigators seek answers after Spanish toddler’s borehole deathBody of two-year-old Julen Roselló Jiménez found nearly two weeks after fall near MálagaMon Jan 28 2019 - 16:23
Spanish taxi drivers take to streets in Uber protestStrike causes widespread disruption in Madrid and BarcelonaWed Jan 23 2019 - 16:55
Spanish rescuers work to rescue boy from narrow boreholeTwo-year-old fell into 25cm-wide, 110m-deep hole on Sunday in Totalán, southern SpainWed Jan 16 2019 - 19:02
Far right’s input in Andalucía government labelled ‘pact of shame’Vox party ensures bullfighting and hunting get boost under new administrationThu Jan 10 2019 - 16:22
Catalan government tells Lego: don’t toy with our languageCompanies face legal action for not using Catalan in packaging and instructionsWed Jan 09 2019 - 16:41
Spanish far-right party threatens impasse over ‘supremacist feminism’Vox’s support needed to form new right-wing government in AndalucíaFri Jan 04 2019 - 17:08
Sánchez’s Catalan strategy angers adversaries and unsettles alliesWorryingly for the prime minister, there are now voices of dissent within his Socialist PartyFri Dec 21 2018 - 20:13
Angry scenes mar Spanish prime minister’s Barcelona visitMadrid government claims trip will boost chances of Catalan solutionFri Dec 21 2018 - 20:00
